by Roland Smoker | May 3, 2018
The historical flag of the Republic of Rif consists of a white diamond containing a green crescent and six-point star on red field. This flag was in use from 1921 to 1926, while the region in current northern Morocco revolted against the Spanish occupation and the...
by Roland Smoker | Apr 24, 2017
No, the U.S. state of Maryland did not break away from the Union. Not yet, at least. This is the flag of the African country the Republic of Maryland. The country was founded primarily by freed slaves from the U.S. state of Maryland, hence the name, and existed for a...
by Roland Smoker | Mar 27, 2017
The flag of the Kingdom of Greece consists of a white cross on a blue field with a gold crown in the center. A similar flag was used when the Kingdom of Greece gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1832, but the flag with a crown was first adopted in 1863...
by Roland Smoker | Jan 30, 2017
The flag of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway consists of a combination Norwegian and Swedish flags. The flag is divided into quarters, with two non-adjacent parts going to each country. It was a symbol of the unity between the two countries and was inserted...
by Roland Smoker | Jan 23, 2017
This flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla consists of a vertical triband of green, yellow, and blue with a black palm tree in the center. Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla are three islands in the West Indies which formed one British colony from 1882 to 1983....
by Roland Smoker | Nov 10, 2016
The flag of the Federated Malay States consists of four horizontal bands of white, red, yellow, and black with a Malayan tiger in a white oval in the center. This flag represented the coalition of four states in Malay under British protection: Selangor, Perak, Negeri...
